Wow!! What an amazing conference we went to! I need to start by saying
that Gail and Joan are amazing presenters and spent a lot of time
getting to know the people who came to the conference. At every break we were given they would stand and talk to whoever came up to ask questions.
During lunch they stayed to take pictures with people, and answer
questions. They did the same thing at the end of the day too!! It was
great being able to talk with the sisters, and to take our picture with
them after.
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| Our handbook and chime from day 1 - My kids already love this chime and they respond so quickly to it!! |
One big piece of research I took from the conference was the 7-10 minute
rule. A child's brain can only receive this long of instruction before
it is no longer productive, and you'll have to come back to it and
reteach. To engage students about every 7-10 minutes you need to shift
what you are doing, or how you are doing it. This helps keep your mini
lessons shorter. This also helps me with our math rotations to know I've
got the first 5 minutes to get the instruction in, and then I need to
have them practice that information.
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| Handbook, notebook, and pen from day 2! |
Another huge piece of information was about reading just 10 more minutes
a day. They showed this great data of a student who scored in the 50th
percentile, and only read 4.2 minutes a day. By just adding 10 minutes
of reading a day it increased their score to the 80th percentile!! I
shared that with my kids and stressed how important it is that they are
reading!!
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| I love all of the new books we were able to bring home! |
We learned so much more, but this is where I will leave you for now.
They talked briefly about AR as people were able to ask questions, and
they answered them for us. They said AR will be going away soon. How do
you feel about this?! Is AR something your school uses, and you support?
I'm interested to see what every one else thinks of AR.
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